Getting Started Using Sewing Patterns with Karen LePage

Karen LePage has been sewing clothes from patterns for years. She is experienced and skilled in the various types of patterns that are available, how to read and trace a pattern and how to create a muslin “draft” from a pattern.

Making clothes from sewing patterns is one of the great joys of sewing. From choosing the perfect fabric, to making your favorite styles again and again, you will hone your sewing skills and learn new techniques from each new pattern you sew. Most importantly, you will gain confidence to try new things. In Getting Started Using Sewing Patterns Karen LePage shows you how to trace a pattern to use again and again, mark the fabric with the pattern reference markings and learn to sew from a pattern.

You’ll Love This Sewing Video If You:

• Are just beginning to sew
• Have never used a pattern before
• Would like to sew your first garment using a pattern

In Getting Started Using Sewing Patterns You Will Learn How To:

• Read a pattern
• Trace a pattern
• Mark your fabric using the pattern reference markings
• Sew a muslin test pattern
• Sew from a pattern

About the Author:

Karen LePage is on a mission to make your favorite clothes, or help you make them yourself. She combines Ecological and Social Sustainability with Comfort and Personal Style to make clothes worth mending. She designs sewing patterns, teaches sewing classes, makes bespoke garments for photo shoots and private clients, and devotes time to the crafty community in Detroit and online at Oh My! Handmade Goodness. She released her first book, Sewing for Boys, in 2011. Ms. LePage has contributed designs to a number of craft books, published in numerous sewing magazines, including Stitch, and has been called a Sewing Fairy Godmother.